Minor victory thread

There's a task that editors at my company are required to do, and our company higher-ups have been haranguing us lately to do a better job at it. Yesterday one of our company higher-ups sent a message to all editors with a screenshot of what I did for this task recently, and said, "Ok everyone, see how bhamv3 did it? His version is perfect. From now on, use his version as a template."

Right now my ego is the size of Texas.
 
I interview for the job I'm already doing in about 15 mins. I'm sitting in the parking lot shaking. This feels like one more chance to fuck it all up, and I really don't want to fuck it up. I like this job.
Arg!
Yesterday we had the contract negotiation meeting, so the interview must have gone well enough. The search lead is "thrilled" with the agreement we came to, which means I should have asked for more - dammit! - but, at least things are moving forward. Now the Board has to vote on the contract, then after 2 weeks notice the congregation votes, then the wider church bureaucracy committee votes, then I'm hired permanently. For the job I'm already doing.

This is exhausting, but at least things are progressing.
 
There's a task that editors at my company are required to do, and our company higher-ups have been haranguing us lately to do a better job at it. Yesterday one of our company higher-ups sent a message to all editors with a screenshot of what I did for this task recently, and said, "Ok everyone, see how bhamv3 did it? His version is perfect. From now on, use his version as a template."

Right now my ego is the size of Texas.
So...

One of the other editors in my company, a guy who's more senior than me and who I will acknowledge is actually better than me at translation and editing, came back with a long and detailed reply on why he felt his way of doing this task is more suitable than the version I produced, and that while he believes there is merit in seeing different approaches to this task, he believes that my approach cannot be used as a universal template because individual situations will vary, and he thinks it would be overly restrictive to limit ourselves to a template.

And then the company higher-up wrote a long and detailed rebuttal about why this editor's approach does not work well, and should frankly be abandoned, and that my version is how things will be done in the future.

And now people are apparently taking sides and I'm all like, "I have no idea what's going on here, I just did a task to the best of my abilities and it seems I've accidentally started an argument."
 

GasBandit

Staff member
So...

One of the other editors in my company, a guy who's more senior than me and who I will acknowledge is actually better than me at translation and editing, came back with a long and detailed reply on why he felt his way of doing this task is more suitable than the version I produced, and that while he believes there is merit in seeing different approaches to this task, he believes that my approach cannot be used as a universal template because individual situations will vary, and he thinks it would be overly restrictive to limit ourselves to a template.

And then the company higher-up wrote a long and detailed rebuttal about why this editor's approach does not work well, and should frankly be abandoned, and that my version is how things will be done in the future.

And now people are apparently taking sides and I'm all like, "I have no idea what's going on here, I just did a task to the best of my abilities and it seems I've accidentally started an argument."
1727363226659.png
 
I have a really looooong list of many dozens of things I need to do.
I managed to cross 5 things off it today!
...because they were duplicates.
Well at least I got the snowblower and lawn mower prepped for Winter. Changed the oil in both of them, started and ran the fuel out of the mower (which was a challenge since it hasn't been used in probably 4-5years!) and made sure the snowblower was all limbered up for when we'll need it in a month or two.

--Patrick
 
Well at least I got the snowblower and lawn mower prepped for Winter. Changed the oil in both of them, started and ran the fuel out of the mower (which was a challenge since it hasn't been used in probably 4-5years!) and made sure the snowblower was all limbered up for when we'll need it in a month or two.

--Patrick
I honestly cannot fathom what that is like. I will still have to mow the yard at least 3 more times between now and March when it becomes a 2-3 weeks between mows. It slows but never stops here. We had the big snow event (big for southeast Texas) a couple of years back, but I shoveled the walk and driveway between the snows and didn’t have the issues that neighbors had because they didn’t. They were all sliding from the garage to the street while my driveway was clear of ice. I did freak the neighbors out a little, I was out in a t-shirt and shorts in 17°f temps and sweating while doing the job.
 
I honestly cannot fathom what that is like.
The mower hasn't been used because I had trouble getting it started one year and took it into the shop, who diagnosed a stuck choke and needed a tune-up. By the time I got it back a week or so later, some of the other relatives had hired a lawn service to take care of our lawn, so my freshly repaired mower went straight to the garage and sat there unused for 4-5yrs. This was the year I finally decided I was going to get it going again, since it was put away literally fresh out of being fixed and tuned up. Snow usually doesn't start until mid-to-late October, with our biggest snowfalls happening in early-to-mid February. In fact, the Winter before I bought the snowblower was the Winter where I spent literally 12hrs shoveling out our driveway after a particularly heavy snow. That's from 8pm until 6am, at which point I treated myself to a McDonald's breakfast platter and came back to finish shoveling out the rest of the driveway apron before I got the news at about 8a that work was going to be closed because of the weather. I bought the snowblower the second week of March, on sale $200 off the regular price because the snow season was over. "How much is it with the $200 off?" I asked. "About $800," came the reply. "Whatever, I'll take it," I said. "I ain't ever gonna have to do that again."

--Patrick
 
Yeah, after moving to VA I got a snowblower, and I never looked back. I couldn't believe how many people who lived there still shoveled by hand. It regularly snows feet there every year.
 
Top